Are the local ratepayers to now kowtow to your astonishingly amazing negotiating skills that have resulted in this payment?

Sir, you knew this was coming. Please dont try to take a poofteenth of credit.

Huh? Did you even bother to read the statement? I’m guessing not, because there were none of the usual ‘we’ve worked long and hard for this result’ type of statements in this announcement. Amazingly, this seems to be nothing more than an announcement that passes on some good news for the ACT, with no additional political spin on it. I will lobby my state and federal colleagues hard to ensure these relativities are adopted and that the ACT gets a fair share is about as political as it gets – and I’d bloody well hope Andrew did that too!

So you have your wish – from my reading of this, and the linked piece on Andrew’s web site, he does actually seem to be taking less than a poofteenth of credit for this. It surprises me to see a politician reporting a good result without trying to take personal credit for it – maybe there’s a slight glimmer of hope after all?